[council] FW: Statement of interest David Taylor

[Glen de Saint Géry <Glen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Forwarded From: Taylor, David


Hi Glen

Please see below my updated SOI

Kind regards

David

Dr. David Taylor

Statement of Interest - David Taylor - European representative, Intellectual 
Property Constituency
Updated October 21 2010

I am a Partner in Hogan Lovells International LLP ("Hogan Lovells"), an 
international law firm with 2500 lawyers worldwide and I head up the firms 
Domain Name Practice called Anchovy®.  I work out of our Paris office and am a 
qualified lawyer in both England and France with a background in engineering 
and a PhD in Physics.

I specialize in advising clients in intellectual property and technology issues 
because I find them interesting and in particular the protection of brands 
online and domain names.  I formed our specialised stand alone domain name 
practice, called Anchovy®, over a decade ago, for brand owners worldwide 
offering a one stop shop for all domain name related matters including 
strategy, portfolio management and enforcement across the globe.  The Hogan 
Lovells domain name practice is an integral part of the firm's full brand 
protection service.  From time to time Hogan Lovells has represented firm 
clients in intellectual property matters adverse to registrars and it is likely 
to do so periodically in the future. We may also, from time to time, represent 
registrars during the course of our business.

I have filed numerous UDRPs since its inception in 1999 and many other 
complaints under specific ccTLD dispute resolution policies.  I have also acted 
for numerous respondents in such matters.  I also act as an independent domain 
name panelist with WIPO (for the UDRP) the Czech Arbitration Court (for .EU and 
the UDRP), Nominet (for .UK) and Malaysia (.MY).

Our firm is an accredited domain name registrar with ICANN as well as for a 
number of ccTLDs.

With regard to new gTLDs I am advising a number of our clients generally on 
developments, risks and opportunities some of whom may apply for a new gTLD in 
due course.

I am an individual member of the IPC and member of various other Intellectual 
Property organisations; INTA, Marques, ECTA and the Society of Computers and 
Law.  I am currently a special advisor to the INTA Internet Committee.  I have 
no financial or any relevant interests in ICANN or the GNSO.




Glen de Saint Géry
GNSO Secretariat
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